{
  "alert_number": "0398/08",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/0398-08",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/-13453",
  "safety_gate_published": "2008-04-10",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2008,
    "week": 14,
    "date": "2008-04-11"
  },
  "category": "Cosmetics",
  "product": "Medicated Fade Crème with Sunscreen",
  "brand_as_notified": "CLEAR ESSENCE",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Clear Essence",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/clearessence"
    }
  ],
  "name": null,
  "model": "Lot 061109-1. Expiry date 11/08 - printed on base of tub but not on box",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "113.5g (4oz) white cream in a white plastic tub, inside a cardboard box. The front and back of the box have pink and cream vertical panels. The top flap of the box is pink and the bottom flap is cream. Both sides of the box are blue. The brand logo is a globe with a black lozenge across its centre containing the words Clear Essence in pink and cream lettering. The tub has a label with pink and cream panels and the same logo.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Chemical",
  "risk": "The product poses a chemical risk because it contains 1.9% of hydroquinone. The product's label states that the active ingredient is 2% hydroquinone. The presence of hydroquinone contravenes Cosmetics Directive 76/768/EEC.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Voluntary withdrawal from the market by the distributor",
      "operator": "Other",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": null
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other\nCategory of measure(s): Voluntary withdrawal from the market by the distributor.\nDate of entry into force: Unknown",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Ireland",
  "country_of_origin": "United States",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [],
    "models": [
      "Lot 061109-1. Expiry date 11/08 - printed on base of tub but not on box"
    ]
  },
  "licence": "Weekly-report fields CC0 1.0; official_record and counterfeit: © European Union, CC BY 4.0",
  "source": "EU Safety Gate. recallarchive is independent and not affiliated with the European Commission; the official notice is authoritative."
}